Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Thu, 21 November 2013 18:59 UTC

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On 11/21/13 08:51, Magnus Westerlund wrote:
> We (WG chairs) are proposing that the working group consent to a method
> that will establish an MTI, even if the MTI chosen does not have rough
> consensus.

Although this is phrased very carefully, I think this email 
inadvertently glosses over the fact that this is a formal call for 
consensus around the proposed approach. I also think you need to be 
crystal clear -- and I'm going to borrow RFC 3929's language here -- 
"that the working group's consensus to use [this specific] method stands 
in for the working group's consensus on the technical issue."

I wanted to point this out because it would be very easy to accidentally 
read the email as an announcement for the way the codec will be 
selected, rather than a call for consensus around a proposed approach.

/a